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Summary: A hidden halal Chinese food supplement for Beijing, adding Xinjiang meatball soup, Nai Lao Wei snacks, Hua Mao restaurant dishes, and other reader-recommended stops while preserving the source facts.

Following our previous guide to halal food in the capital, readers let us know that the Uzbekistan restaurant Shashi Castle at the Saint Angel Hotel in Hujialou has closed. This issue continues with more unique restaurant recommendations.

Unless otherwise noted, all restaurants listed here serve alcohol. It is a pity that it is hard to find unique halal restaurants in Beijing that do not serve alcohol. By international standards, halal certification is not granted to restaurants that sell alcohol.

Also, if any friends (dosti) doubt whether a restaurant's ingredients are halal, I suggest saying 'Bismillah' before eating. A staff member's ethnicity does not guarantee the food is halal, and many Hui Muslims living in big cities may know less about the faith than Han people living in ethnic enclaves. Here is the evidence, taken from Sahih al-Bukhari:



1. Xinjiang-style meatball soup (wanzi tang)



It was originally in Dongsi and later moved to Chaowai SOHO. It is very popular and the taste is truly good.







The beef tripe is a bit spicy, so be prepared before you eat it.



Order a bowl of meatball soup and it comes with two steamed flower rolls (huajuan) and a side of kimchi. The flower rolls are soft and fluffy, and very delicious.



The peppercorn beef (jiaoma niurou) tastes great.

Address: Second floor, Building B, Chaowai SOHO

2. Nai Lao Wei









This is fried fresh milk (zha xiannai), a Beijing specialty snack.





Almond tofu (xingren doufu), a great treat for cooling down in the summer.



If you have eaten at Wenyu Cheese in Nanluoguxiang, I suggest you try Nai Lao Wei on Niujie Street. The quality of this famous Beijing snack is worth a try. Note: This restaurant does not sell alcohol.

Address: Room 107, No. 202 Guang'anmennei Street (west side of Dazhong Electronics)

3. Huamao Restaurant



A new-style halal small seafood restaurant.



The food is prepared delicately, and they also serve spicy hot pot (mala xiangguo).





Signature seafood rice



Dongting Lake fish head pot



Spicy cabbage (la baicai), cold and refreshing.



Potato shredded shrimp balls (shusi xiaqiu)

They also have spicy crayfish (mala xiaolongxia), with an average cost of about 60 yuan per person.

Address:

Level B1, Pedestrian Street, West District, Changying Lugang City.

4. NAIL Russian Restaurant.



This place specializes in Russian food. It is small, and most of the customers are foreigners.





I usually think of Russian food as having large, greasy portions, but this place does things differently with small, light dishes.









The average cost is about 80 yuan per person.



I came here on Valentine's Day, and the manager gave three roses to every woman dining in the restaurant.

Address: Shenlu Street, Chaoyang District, opposite Desert Rose Restaurant.

5. Shangzi Street Clear Broth Beef Brisket Noodles.



This is a Cantonese-style halal noodle shop. The staff wear uniforms printed with the words Southern School Halal, and the owner speaks Cantonese.













Bamboo-pressed noodles (zhushengmian).



Beef brisket noodles (niunanmian).



You can get halal porridge here. Beijing really needs a halal restaurant that makes good porridge right now.

Address: West side of the intersection at Yabaolu South Slope Mosque.

This article is a supplement to the guide on special halal food in the capital. I have selected one representative restaurant for each flavor rather than listing every single one. I have already recommended most of the restaurants mentioned in user comments on my official account.

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[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 1)

[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 2)

[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 3)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 4)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 5)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 6)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 7)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 8)

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Summary: A hidden halal food guide for Beijing, featuring meat pies, old-style hotpot, Niujie douzhi (fermented mung bean drink), Hui Muslim restaurants, and the original photo-by-photo restaurant notes from the Chinese source.

Picking up from the last post, this issue adds 10 more unique halal restaurants.

111. Roubing Wan



This small shop is run by a young Beijing couple born in the 80s, specializing in meat pies (roubing) and beef tendon (banjin).



Almost every table orders the meat pie; it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and truly delicious.



It lives up to its reputation as the best small beef tendon spot in the south city, with carefully selected ingredients and a great texture.



You have to pair the meat pie with a bowl of corn grit porridge (bangchazhou), which is cooked until very thick. Overall, it is quite rare to find a small Beijing-style skewer shop left in the Niujie area.

Address: Entrance of Chengshi Hutong, Guangnei Street, next to Guidu Hotel.

112. Xiangchangzui Laozhao Hot Pot



I first had halal Chongqing hot pot in Chongqing, and now I have finally found one in Beijing. They have the traditional nine-grid pot and the split-pot (yuanyang guo).



The nine-grid pot is too spicy for me, so I chose the split-pot, but it was still very spicy.



The hand-cut fresh lamb is average in quality, but when eating Chongqing hot pot, the ingredients do not matter much because your mouth goes numb from the spice anyway.



Duck intestine is a must-order dish for people from Sichuan and Chongqing when eating hot pot.



The bamboo shoots are crunchy when cooked in the pot.



When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Northerners are used to sesame paste (majiang) for hot pot, but for Sichuan-style hot pot, I suggest trying sesame oil with minced garlic.



They have sesame flatbread (shaobing) here too, but I prefer this hand-torn pancake (shoushibing), which is crispy.

Address: Room 201, Building 16, Jiayuan District 1, Beijie, Higher Education Park, Shahe, Changping District.

113.

Yijinglan Restaurant





A small bowl of lamb soup brings out the full, fresh flavor of the lamb.



You can also get skewers (chuanchuanxiang) here, and they taste good.



The stir-fried beef tendon is very chewy.



This is a famous Gansu snack called Hezhou steamed bun (Hezhou baozi), filled with carrots and lamb.

Address: Next to Guangqumenwai Subway Station, Line 7.

114. Baoji Mung Bean Milk (douzhi) on Niujie Street



There is more than one shop selling mung bean milk on Niujie Street, but everyone agrees that Baoji has the most authentic taste. When the elders in our family want mung bean milk, they specifically ask for Baoji.



A large bag costs five yuan, and their fermented bean curd (ma doufu) is also popular.

Address: Entrance of Shuru Hutong, Niujie Street

115. Hongfuda Restaurant



I thought it was a pure Sichuan restaurant based on the advertisements, but after arriving, I found it is a fusion restaurant serving Sichuan dishes, Beijing dishes, and hot pot.



The spicy lamb offal (mala yangza) gets average reviews, so I suggest trying other Sichuan dishes.



I highly recommend the braised beef with bean curd sticks (zhizhu shao niurou); the beef is stewed perfectly.

Address: 4th Floor, Wanfang Xidan Shopping Mall, Diaoyutai

116. Caravan Morocco Halal Restaurant and Bar



I once saw a Moroccan restaurant in Urumqi, and now there is a Moroccan halal restaurant in Beijing too.



This blue color scheme is the style of the ancient city of Fez.



Moroccan snack platter



Marrakesh chicken stew; the chicken is tender and falls right off the bone.



Casablanca noodles



They also have snacks like sandwiches and burgers. This is a music-themed restaurant and bar, perfect for dates and chatting.

Address: No. 44 Guanghua Road, outside Jianguomen

117. Weidao Seafood Restaurant



This is a halal restaurant serving Cantonese-style seafood.



The environment is quite nice, fresh, and natural.



They serve Cantonese-style hot pot (dabanlu) with a clear broth base.



The deep-sea fish in the hot pot set meal is especially fresh and tender.



The spicy crayfish (mala xiaolongxia) is great for an appetizer in the summer.

Address: Ground floor shops, Binfen Ludi City, Gaomidian, Daxing District

118. Yao's Lamb-Stuffed Tripe (du baorou)



Lamb-stuffed tripe is a bit like pressed lamb (duozi rou). They press lamb offal into a block, then slice it. You can eat it cold with dressing or put it inside a sesame flatbread (shaobing). This shop is small and mostly does takeout, but it has a great reputation.

Address: Room 107, Building 11, Niujie Xili District 2

119. Old Ma's Lamb Spine Hot Pot and Potstickers



I mainly recommend their potstickers, because it is hard to find authentic old Beijing-style potstickers in the city these days.



The beef-filled potstickers have a crispy crust and still taste like the ones from my childhood.



A surprise find here is that they sell halal spicy hot pot (maocai). Maocai is a type of spicy soup dish where you can drink the broth, and it is very spicy.



Next to this shop is another Xinjiang restaurant called Desert Loulan (Damo Loulan).

Address: No. 1 Hongju South Street Courtyard

120. Deju Xiangyuan



This is a Beijing-style restaurant. Their home-style stir-fries are okay, but the most popular items are the charcoal-grilled skewers. The environment is average and the ventilation system is not great, but you have to wait in line every time you come here or to the Northwest Muslim restaurant next door.

Address: No. 11 Nanheng West Street

Summary of previous information

[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 1)

[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 2)

[Beijing Special Halal Dining Guide (Including the Most Complete List of Foreign Restaurants)] (Part 3)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 4)

A Guide to Halal Dining in Beijing (Part 5) view all